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The solution for August 17th

 
 
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The solution for August 17th
Chen Victoria 發表於2019年 08月 18日(Sun) 05:20
 

Is the solution wrong? I checked and the numerator does not have root 3. It seems the function does not have any minimum value

 
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Re: The solution for August 17th
Professor Areteem發表於2019年 08月 18日(Sun) 11:55
 

Hi Victoria. Thanks for pointing this out! In fact the problem was meant to have $x^3+3x^2-10x - 24$ (with $-24$ instead of $+24$). Then things work out nicely (with the polynomial division having no remainder). The question and solution are now updated.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!